Trumbull County, Ohio: deer harvest and public hunting land
Trumbull County covers 636 square miles around Lordstown. Hunters checked 5,324 deer here in the 2025-26 season, 2,687 of them by archers, by the Division of Wildlife's final report. That is up 10% from 2024, and the most in the 4 years shown. 9% of Trumbull County is public land open to the public, the largest share land on ODNR's hunting map (33,112 acres), by USGS PAD-US 4.1 and ODNR's land boundaries.
Data updated October 2026. Harvest: the Division of Wildlife's harvest reports, 2021-22 to 2025-26. Land: PAD-US 4.1 and ODNR's land layer.
Land on ODNR's hunting mapOther state landMetro parks, county and city landLand trusts and other open landTrumbull CountyNeighboring countiesLakeHighway
| Size | 407,153 acres (636 square miles) |
|---|---|
| Deer checked, 2025-26 | 5,324 (2,016 antlered, 3,308 antlerless) |
| Archery and gun, 2025-26 | 2,687 archery, 2,637 gun |
| Public land | 9% (36,779 acres) |
| ODNR hunting areas | 10 (33,112 acres inside Trumbull County) |
| Towns in and near it | Lordstown, Warren, Niles, Craig Beach, Windham and Youngstown |
How many deer are harvested in Trumbull County?
Hunters checked 5,324 deer in Trumbull County in 2025-26: 2,016 antlered and 3,308 antlerless. Archers took 2,687 and gun hunters 2,637.
| Season | Deer checked | Antlered | Antlerless | Archery | Gun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 5,324 | 2,016 | 3,308 | 2,687 | 2,637 |
| 2024-25 | 4,852 | 1,746 | 3,106 | 2,416 | 2,436 |
| 2023-24 | 4,703 | 1,776 | 2,927 | 2,498 | |
| 2021-22 | 3,994 |
Source: the Division of Wildlife's 2025-26, 2024-25 and 2023-24 final deer harvest reports and Publication 5304 (2021-22), Trumbull County. 2022-23 is not shown. For 2021-22 Publication 5304 gives 1,557 bucks, 1,881 does and 556 button bucks; the final reports of later seasons count bucks with shed or very short antlers as antlerless.
How much public land is in Trumbull County?
36,779 of Trumbull County's 407,153 acres are public land open to the public (9%). The biggest share is land on ODNR's hunting map: 33,112 acres.
| Manager | Acres | Share of Trumbull County |
|---|---|---|
| Land on ODNR's hunting map | 33,112 | 8.1% |
| Land trusts and other open land | 2,564 | 0.6% |
| Metro parks, county and city land | 980 | 0.2% |
| Other state land | 123 | under 0.1% |
| All public land open to the public | 36,779 | 9% |
Measured by FilledTag inside the county line from USGS PAD-US 4.1 (fee land open to the public) and ODNR's land boundaries with hunting status. Hunting rules differ by manager: ODNR wildlife areas, hunting areas and forests marked open follow Ohio's statewide seasons, and those marked restricted limit hunting by place, season or permit; national forest is open; refuges follow U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rules; Corps of Engineers lake land is open in many places under each project's own rules; metro parks and city land are closed to most hunting.
ODNR areas open to hunting in Trumbull County
ODNR areas open to hunting in Trumbull County, largest first, with the acres of each inside it:
- Mosquito Creek Wildlife Area: 11,903 acres
- Grand River Wildlife Area: 8,035 acres
- Mosquito Lake State Park: 6,601 acres
- Shenango Wildlife Area: 5,033 acres
- Braceville Hunting Area: 409 acres
- Brook Wildlife Area: 389 acres
- Mesopotamia Hunting Area: 297 acres
- West Farmington Hunting Area: 270 acres
- Elm Road Hunting Area: 134 acres
- Warren Wildlife Area: 41 acres
How do you get to Trumbull County?
Highways through it: OH 11 (about 56 miles inside), OH 82 (about 52 miles inside), OH 5 (about 47 miles inside), I-80 (about 46 miles inside) and OH 7 (about 31 miles inside). Towns inside: Lordstown, Warren, Niles, Girard, Cortland and Hubbard. Nearby: Craig Beach (on the line), Windham (2 miles), Youngstown (2 miles) and Orwell (2 miles).
Which counties border Trumbull County?
Trumbull County touches 4 other counties. Their latest ODNR harvest and public land, for comparison:
| County | Deer harvested | Year | Public land |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geauga County | 3,215 | 2025 | 10.1% |
| Portage County | 3,498 | 2025 | 8% |
| Mahoning County | 2,768 | 2025 | 5.4% |
| Ashtabula County | 7,161 | 2025 | 2.5% |
Questions hunters ask
How many deer were harvested in Trumbull County in 2025-26?
5,324: 2,016 antlered and 3,308 antlerless (Division of Wildlife). In 2024-25: 4,852.
Is there public hunting land in Trumbull County?
36,779 acres, 9% of the county, are public land open to the public by USGS PAD-US 4.1 and ODNR's land boundaries, the largest share land on ODNR's hunting map (33,112 acres). ODNR's layer shows 10 areas open to hunting here.
How many deer do archers take in Trumbull County?
2,687 of the 5,324 deer checked in 2025-26 were taken with a crossbow or longbow (Division of Wildlife).
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Where these numbers come from
- Deer harvest: the Division of Wildlife's 2025-26, 2024-25 and 2023-24 final deer harvest reports and Publication 5304 (2021-22).
- Public land: USGS PAD-US 4.1 (fee land open to the public) and ODNR's land boundaries with hunting status. ODNR areas open to hunting: ODNR lands hunting status.
- Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 cartographic county boundaries. Highways and towns: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line 2024 primary and secondary roads; U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer, places.
FilledTag is not part of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife. Numbers are copied from ODNR and the federal sources above, or measured from their maps; nothing on this page is estimated by FilledTag.
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